TVNZ Teletext
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TVNZ teletext was the only analogue teletext in New Zealand. It was also available on Freeview and was launched on 1 February 1984 with funding raised in the 1981 New Zealand Telethon, to provide news and information for the deaf.[1] The service was improved in 2006, incorporating more information.[1]
Teletext was available to viewers of TVNZ channels such as TV One, TV2 and TVNZ U. The service was also available on privately owned station TV3; unlike TVNZ, it was available only on its terrestrial service.[1] A separate Teletext service is available to Trackside viewers on page 600; this service has continued to operate following the closure of the TVNZ service. TAB horse was also available on the TVNZ service.
Closure
[edit]TVNZ announced in December 2012 that the information service would close on 2 April 2013 due to the decreasing number of regular users, but television captions will continue. TVNZ had announced that the plans to discontinue the service as early as 2009.[2] TVNZ cited the reasons for closure due to the ageing equipment used and the reduce need for such a service as most information can now be found online.
Pages and content
[edit]It carried:
- World and New Zealand news
- Extensive weather information, including marine and coastal forecasts
- Sports news, results and statistics
- Business news
- Financial market information
- International and domestic flight arrivals and departures
- TV schedules
- Lottery results
- TAB horse racing and sports betting odds and results (still available on Trackside Channel, page 600)
- Lifestyle information such as horoscopes
It also had captions to most recorded programmes.
From 2006 to its closure:[1]
- 100: Index
- 101: News index
- 102: Sport index
- 103: Weather index
- 104: TV index
- 105: Business index
- 106: Travel index
- 109: A-Z index
- 110-139: News
- 140-149: Weather
- 200-299: Sport
- 301-304: Listings for the four main terrestrial channels for today
- 310: Now/Next
- 311-314: Listings for tomorrow
- 331-337: Daily highlights
- 400-499: Business and Travel
- 500: Lifestyle index
- 510: Horoscopes
- 550-552: Newsreels (international, national, sport)
- 555: Lotto results
- 600: Tabtext (Trackside)
- 801: Captions
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d TVNZ Teletext brochure
- ^ "TVNZ is axing Teletext". Stuff. Fairfax NZ News. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
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